How To Start A Small Business Successfully – Bento Small Business Bootcamp
You’ve got a great idea for a business. Now what? In this bootcamp Bento walks you through the process of successfully starting a small business, from great idea to grand opening. Starting Your Business Checklist We’ve put together a list of everything you need to do to get your business up and running. Make it super […]
Top 6 Funding Sites for Your Small Business
With nearly 50% of small businesses surviving less than four years, getting business funding is a crucial, but often difficult, part of staying afloat as you strive to make it over the hump of sustainability and eventually profitability. While traditional methods of funding (such as bank loans) can be elusive for small business funding because […]
What’s Keeping Accountants Up at Night?
Accounting is an interesting, complex and often rewarding career, but being responsible for the financial ins and outs of a business, no matter how large or small, is bound to be the cause of some pressure. If you’re an accountant, then chances are you’re being kept awake at night by some, or even all, of these […]
Independent Accountant vs. Working for an Accounting Firm: What’s Right for You?
Are you a qualified accountant considering whether to strike out on your own? As with any industry, there are pros and cons of working for yourself as well as working as an employee. To make it easier for you to decide, we thought we’d look at the pros and cons of each option for you: […]
In-House Accountants Can End Employee Reimbursement Headaches With Bento
Are you tired of making employees remember to bring back receipts? What about reimbursing expense reports? Not to fear! Expense management is so much easier with Bento’s highly visible dashboard and real-time expense tracking. As an in-house accountant, your job probably involves reconciling accounts, dealing with financial discrepancies, analyzing balance sheets, preparing year-end accounts and […]
Why Fire Sprinkler Supply and Service Companies Are Using Prepaid Cards
Running a fire sprinkler company is demanding, with a full schedule of fire sprinkler installations, testing, maintenance and violation checks to organize and teams of employees to manage. Add to that the fact that your engineers are regularly going to need to buy supplies and pay for services while they’re on the road, so what payment […]
The Benefits of Prepaid Fuel Cards for Fire Sprinkler Company Employees
Sending your employees out to install and inspect fire sprinklers is the bread and butter of your business, so paying for gas for the vehicles is likely to be an almost daily expense for you. In fact, with the regular fire sprinkler testing, maintenance, servicing, installations and violation removals on top, that’s a lot of […]
Teachers, Get the Classroom Supplies You Desperately Need, Suggest Prepaid to School Administrators
In many situations, as you’re well aware, you’re on your own when it comes to purchasing classroom supplies. Sometimes, you may get reimbursed up to a certain amount, and it may only be once a quarter. Although reasons for these different classroom supply purchasing rules may vary for each school, it’s undeniable that teachers need […]
School Administrators Give Teachers The Classroom Supplies They Need
School Admins Use Prepaid Business Debit Cards to Track Supply Purchases With schools across the country getting back in session, as a school administrator you’re probably already thinking about your expense management systems for the next school year. In fact, in your role you work all year round to ensure that students, teachers and other […]
Forbes Features Prepaid Corporate Debit Card From Bento
Prepaid Corporate Employee Expense Cards Solve Small Business Expense Management Woes Bento is delighted to share some big news: the Bento corporate debit card was recently featured in a Forbes article about corporate prepaid business cards for small businesses. Eilene Zimmerman is a Forbes contributor who specializes in the technology and apps of the most […]
